Rosary recitation aid



April 20, 1954 v M. v. RAsMUssEN ETAL l'2,675,910

ROSARY RECITATION AID Filed Aug. e, 1951 'il-I lll', 'Il' I @y Y 3 #may e d@ Patented Apr. 20, 1954 ROSARY RECITATIION AID Minnie V. Rasmussen and Howard S. Hirshman Los Angeles, Calif.v

Application August 6, 1951, Serial No. 240,5.68

(Cl. 20G-19) 2 Claims.

rhis invention relates to educational devices and particularly to'a device to be used as'an aid in the recitation of the rosary.

In the recitation of the rosary, the recitant should also meditate upon certain mysteries and in order that these mysteries may not be passed over or overlooked'means is desirable whereby pictures representative of or suggestive of the mysteries are mounted and arranged in the device of the invention so that they may be readily and successively brought into view at the desired times during the recitation.

With the foregoing considerationin mind, it is the principal object of the invention to provide a convenient combined mounting and case for a. series ofV pictorial representations of hap-'- penings of religious significance so Iarranged that the representations may be brought to View one at a time in a predetermined order coinciding With the recitation of the rosary. A

Another object of the invention is to provide f a case vfor the series of pictorial representations reierred .to above which case `also includes a compartmentfor a rosary.

A further object of the invention is to provide acase having a series of said pictorial representations mounted `therein and which includes a compartment fora rosary which case includes a single hinge element which secures the component parts of the case together and simultanecusly serves as the mounting means for the said pictorial representations. Y Y

With the foregoing objects .in view, together with such other objects and advantages as may subsequently appear, the invention resides in the parts, and in the construction.V combination, and arrangement of parts, disclosed by Way of example in the following specification of one modeV fof executioner the invention; reference being had. to the accompanying drawings which form a part of said specication and in which drawings: y

Fig. l is a top plan view of' a preferred embodiment of the invention,

and a bottom member 3; all of said members being of identical modied pear shape in plan outline including large, substantially circular portions t, and S and smaller laterally extending stem portions 8 'and S respectively; said stem portions having holes Iii, II and I2 extending therethrough for reception of a connecting screw means comprising a threaded screw I3 and a tubular headed nut element I4. As best shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the outer face of the member I and the lower face of the member 3 are prou vided with counterbored portions I5 and IS, respectively, to house the head portions of the screws I3 and Ill.

The top member I has a slightly curved outer face Ii anda parallel under face I8 terminating in an edge portion I9 disposed in a plane normal to the axis ci the screw I3. Along one side ci the larger portion il thereof the member I is provided With a depending Wall 20 which extends from a point 2i `adjacent the juncture oi' the larger and smaller portions 4 and 'I to a point 22 diametrically opposite the hole I. The bottom edge of the Wall 2li is provided with a depending detent element 23 adapted to interlockingiy engage a complementary notch 24 in the upper flat face 25 of the intermediate member 2 which lface extends parallel to the plane ci the edge Vportieri I9 oi the member I and is `spaced therefrom by the depth of the Wall 20. The

larger portion ii of the intermediate member is provided with lan upstanding Wall 26 extending along the side thereof opposite the wall` 2t which wall is of the same height as the wall 2t and extends from a point 21 adjacent .the juncture ofwthe large and small portions 5 ii thereof to a point 28 diametrically opposite the hole II and abutting the end 22 o1 the said walls 2t and .26 combining when the members are in vertical alignment to enclcs-e the sides ofthe larger portions 4 and 'I of the members I and 2 .and to form a cavity for a plurality oi pictorial representations of subjects of religious significance 29 Which are of the same plan outline as the members I and Y2 and which are mounted on the `screw and nut means I3 and It with capacity to be moved about the screw and nut and exposed to viewinsuccession. The upper edge of the wall 2.6 is provided with an. upstanding detent 30 engageable with a complementary notch 3l in the under face I8 of the member I; said detents 22 and 30 and notches 23 and 3l serving to secure the members I and 2 against laccidental relative displacement.

The lower face 32 of the member 2 is' parallel to the upper face 25 thereof and the lower face 33 of the bottom member 3 is more extensively curved than the upper face of member I. The inner face 34 of the larger portion 6 thereof extends parallel to the outer face thereof and terminates in an edge portion 35 which contacts the underface 32 of the member 2; said curved inner face 34 and the under face 32 of the member 2 combining to forming a cavity or compartment 36 in which a rosary R may be stored. At one side the edge 35 of the member 3 is provided with an upstanding detent 31 adapted to engage a cor-responding notch 38 in the under face 32 of the member 2 to hold the members 2 and 3 against accidental displacement.

The members I, 2 and 3 are preferably formed of plastic moldings and of material having a considerable degree of resilience. The screw and nut I3 and I4 are tightened sufficiently to hold the assembled elements together with sumcient frictional resistance to relative movement so that they will maintain any position to which they are intentionally moved and the resilience of the plastic elements permits the locking detents and notches to be engaged and disengaged in response to lateral pressure on the members to move them to open or closed position.

In use, the recitant first opens the rosary containing compartment and removes the rosary therefrom. The compartment is then closed and the cover member i is moved to uncover the uppermost of the pictures 29 and the recitation of the rosary is started; the pictures being moved into view by moving the exposed picture beneath the opened cover at the proper times until all of the pictures have been contemplated in connection with the recitation. When the recitation has been completed, the rosary is replaced in its compartment and the device is closed to the position shown in Fig. 1.

The device is both attractive in appearance and convenient to use and the parts are so designed as to be susceptible of economical manufacture. Additionally, the use of the device will assist materially in the contemplation of the subject matter intended to be brought to mind in connection of the recitation of the rosary.

While we have disclosed a preferred embodiment of our invention in the foregoing specification, we do not intend thereby to limit ourselves to the exact form thereof so disclosed and we declare that the invention embraces all such modifications in the parts and in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as shall come within the purview of the appended claims.

We claim:

l. In an aid for recitation of the rosary, a case comprising three generally parallel members of similar plan outline and a hinge means interconnecting all of said members for separate relative rotative movement thereon about a pivotal extending at right angles to said parallel members; two of said members having co-planar meeting faces and one of said two members being hollowed out to form a rosary receiving and storage compartment, said other member of said two members and the third member of said three members having their adjacent side surfaces spaced from and disposed parallel to'each other said other member of said two members having a peripherally disposed side wall extending from a point adjacent said hinge means to a point substantially diametrically opposite said hinge means with the outer face of said wall lying in the plane of the adjacent face of said third member and said third member having a peripherally disposed Wall extending from a point adjacent said hinge means along the opposite edge of said third member and abutting the end of said iirst Wall remote from said hinge means; said lastnamed wall having its outer face lying in the plane of the adjacent face of said other member; Said walls combining with the adjacent faces of said last named members to form a cavity, and a plurality of stacked leaf elements each carrying a pictorial representation of an incident oi religious significance freely mounted on said hinge means and contained in said cavity and selectively exposable to view upon rotative separation of said cavity forming members.

2. In an aid for recitation of the rosary, a oase comprising three generally parallel members of similar plan outline and a hinge means interconnecting all oI" said members for separate relam tive rotative movement thereon about a pivotal axis extending at right angles to said parallel members; two of said members having co-planar meeting faces and one of said two members be ing hollowed out to form a rosary receiving and storage compartment, said other member of said two members and the third member of said three members having their adjacent side surfaces spaced from and disposed parallel to each other; said other member or' said two members having a peripherally disposed side wall extending from a point adjacent said hinge means to a point substantially diametrically opposite said hinge means with the outer face of said wall lying in the pla-ne of the adjacent face of said third mem-- ber and said third member having a peripherally disposed wall extending from a point adjacent said hinge means along the opposite edge of said third member and abutting the end of said first Wall remote from said hinge means; said lastn named wall having its outer face lying in the plane of the adjacent face of said other member; said walls combining with the adjacent faces of said last named members to form a cavity, and a plurality of stacked leaf elements each carrying a pictorial representation of an incident of religious signicance freely mounted on said hinge means and contained in said cavity and sen lectively exposable to view upon rotative separation of said cavity forming members; the adjacent faces of said members having complementary interengaging notches and detents effective to releasably hold said members in aligned posi-- tion.

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